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A Tuberculosis Vaccine Altered Brain Immune Activity in a Small Trial as Dementia Signals Widen Beyond Shingles

New BCG and high-dose flu vaccine findings widen the dementia signal beyond shingles. None of the research shows tthat he shots prevent dementia.

Medical Daily

Colorado Spent Two Months Trying to Investigate a Tuberculosis Case Inside an ICE Facility Before Suing

Court filings show Colorado officials were blocked from a TB investigation at the Aurora ICE facility for over two months before the state sued.

Medical Daily

A Man Coughed Blood for Six Months and Doctors Found Real Bone Growing Inside His Lungs

A 34-year-old was repeatedly told he had tuberculosis. A lung biopsy instead found mature bone and marrow growing inside his lung tissue.

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Her Back Pain Was Treated as Tuberculosis for a Year Before Sequencing Found a Parasite in Her Spine

A woman's spine was being eaten away. Doctors treated tuberculosis for 12 months before sequencing found a parasite from surgery eight years earlier.

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Experimental Tuberculosis Vaccine Fell Short of BCG in Nearly Seven Thousand African Newborns but Questions Remain

The phase 3 priMe trial found that VPM1002 was not noninferior to BCG in nearly 7,000 newborns, but the result is hard to interpret.

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Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk

When the sky becomes orange and hazy from wildfire smoke, modern humans are at greater risk than our earlier ancestors would have been.

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A 23-Year-Old's Brain Bleed Looked Like a Burst Artery Until a Scan Found One Clotted Vein Nobody Checks

Two weeks into tuberculosis treatment, a young man had a brain hemorrhage. The cause was a clot in a deep vein that most scans overlook.

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Health ministry mobilises vaccines to Ceuta after tuberculosis and scabies cases detected

Health authorities are seeking to ensure vaccine supplies in Ceuta after cases of tuberculosis, gastroenteritis, scabies and impetigo were detected.

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Men Develop Tuberculosis Far More Often Than Women, and a New Analysis Points to Exposure Over Biology

Pooled data from 11 cohorts suggest men face a higher tuberculosis risk mainly because they are infected more often, not because it advances faster.

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His Rib Was Being Eaten Away, and Everyone Assumed Cancer or TB Until a Fungus from Pigeons Turned Up

A 31-year-old had bone-destroying lesions that looked like cancer or TB. Two months of tuberculosis drugs failed before cultures found the cause.

Medical Daily

Tuberculosis Contact Tracing Has Stalled at a Colorado Detention Center Because Investigators Cannot Get Inside

Colorado health officials have been unable to investigate a tuberculosis case at an Aurora ICE facility, blocked from records and site access.

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Quote of the day by John Keats: 'Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of...' - motivational quote by Ode to a Nightingale and To Autumn poet teaches life lessons on self-worth, self-improvement over validation and why you must stop chasing approval from others

Quote of the day by John Keats: John Keats believed self-criticism surpasses external praise or blame. His love of beauty made him a severe judge of his own creations. This perspective emphasizes personal standards over public approval for true satisfaction. Keats, a celebrated Romantic poet, died young from tuberculosis.

The Economic Times

Hundreds of people in England died before doctors diagnosed their tuberculosis

Dave, a retired dockworker, has smoked since his teens. When he develops a persistent cough, he dismisses it as “just a smoker’s cough”.

The Conversation

Serum Institute partners with Gates MRI to make experimental TB vaccine

Serum Institute will manufacture an experimental tuberculosis vaccine. This novel vaccine candidate is currently in late-stage clinical trials. Gates Medical Research Institute will transfer manufacturing technology and know-how. The company plans to invest over one hundred million dollars for production. This new shot could prevent millions of cases and save…

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Colorado ICE Center Branded a 'Nazi Concentration Camp' as TB Outbreak Sickens At Least 12 Detainees

Colorado health officials probe a tuberculosis case at an ICE centre, accusing the operator of blocking investigations as detainees allege poor quarantine conditions.

The Guardian - US

Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees

The reported infections are the latest in a series of health concerns at the federal immigration jail in Aurora

The Times of India

Meet Victoria Gowramma: Indian princess who grew up inside Buckingham Palace and became the first royal to convert to Christianity, had Queen Victoria as her godmother

The tale of Princess Gowramma, daughter of the last Raja of Kodagu, begins with her baptism in London, where Queen Victoria assumed the role of her godmother and named her Victoria Gowramma. After marrying Colonel John Campbell and having a daughter, she encountered societal bias due to her appearance. Tragically,…

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Tuberculosis Cases in the U.S. Just Hit a Multi-Decade High: Public Health Experts Are Alarmed

U.S. TB cases hit a 14-year high in 2024 and remain elevated in 2025. Experts warn underfunded contact tracing and screening gaps are leaving communities exposed.

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Experts Solve Botticelli’s Birth Of Venus Side‑Eye Mystery, And The Reason Is Devastating

A new study has suggested that Simonetta Vespucci may have succumbed to a far more serious illness than tuberculosis.

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How One Small Change Is Transforming TB Detection

What if one of India's biggest healthcare challenges could be tackled without a new medicine, expensive technology, or massive funding? What if the answer was something surprisingly simple? Across villages, towns, and cities, healthcare workers are discovering a quiet but powerful way to help people get screened for tuberculosis (TB).…

The Independent UK

Ranching Could Soon Come To An End On Moloka‘i. Paniolo Blame TB Testing

Molokaʻi's only slaughterhouse is seeing fewer local cattle due to a quarantine on the Hawaiian island's cattle operations

Medical Daily

Tuberculosis Cases in the United States Remain at Alarming 14-Year High Despite Slight 2025 Dip — Four States Report Double-Digit Surges and the Elderly Are at Growing Risk

CDC 2025 provisional data: 10,260 U.S. tuberculosis cases, the fourth consecutive elevated year. New Hampshire doubled its cases. Adults 65+ are the only age group with rising rates. Full breakdown of states and risk factors.

LiveScience

Century-old tuberculosis vaccine could help treat diabetes, trials hint. How?

Repeated doses of a tuberculosis vaccine lowered insulin needs in patients with two forms of diabetes, new trial data show. But more research is needed to prove the benefit.

The Guardian - UK

Cattle in England to get tuberculosis vaccine from 2030 as badger cull to end

Targeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038

The Independent UK

ICE guard lost a loaded gun inside country’s biggest detention center, government investigators say

Watchdog alleges ‘serious’ oversight issues at Camp East Montana after reports of homicide, tuberculosis and medical neglect

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